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Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and SerialTek today announced that Agilent has become the exclusive worldwide distribution channel for all SerialTek products. This expands Agilent's test solution portfolio for Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA). The portfolio now includes SerialTek's line of BusXpert SAS/SATA protocol analyzers covering link speeds from 1.5 Gb/s to the new 6 Gb/s specifications.

With both SAS and SATA now running at 6 Gb/s, designers are looking for optimum voltages, emphasis levels and edge rates to manage these challenging design limits. At the protocol layer, designers are testing to ensure adherence to the specifications so that all products can work and interoperate in a system.

SerialTek's BusXpert SAS/SATA test solutions represent the industry's most advanced protocol analyzer. Hardware and software innovations such as a PCI Express(r)-to-Host connection, Trace Indexing and microprocessor-assisted InstaSearch improve the user experience when developing and debugging with a protocol analyzer. These technologies, along with the industry's largest buffer size of 36 GB and a simple, robust GUI, allow the BusXpert to efficiently display, manipulate, trigger and save traces at speeds not seen in any other competitive offering. The BusXpert is available in several configurations varying on port count, buffer size and platform. Both the PRO and Micro platforms are lightweight, highly portable and easily upgraded.

"Agilent's products for SAS/SATA testing in the physical layer are the best in every category and are designed to meet the challenges the industry faces," said Siegfried Gross, vice president and general manager of Agilent's Digital Test Division. "The SerialTek team's extensive insight and expertise in the storage industry enabled them to create the market-leading capability and performance of the BusXpert analyzers, complementing and strengthening Agilent's industry-leading physical layer SAS/SATA solutions."

"Since the beginning of 2009, SerialTek has been working closely with local storage developers to ensure the innovative BusXpert delivered on its promise of faster analysis and debug for storage products," said Dale Smith, president and CTO, SerialTek. "We are pleased to make the BusXpert available worldwide through a partnership with Agilent. The partnership combines SerialTek's high-performance SAS/SATA analyzers with Agilent's SAS/SATA physical layer testing solutions and worldwide service and support. It's now easier and faster than ever for developers of storage products to achieve compatibility and compliance at all levels of these popular storage protocols. Additionally, by licensing Agilent's patent portfolio, SerialTek has access to 15-plus years of innovation in protocol analysis to further strengthen and improve its leadership position."

SerialTek's experienced team shares a common goal: Design and build the ultimate analyzer platform to eliminate the bottlenecks that keep developers waiting. With the BusXpert's line of SAS and SATA analyzers, they celebrate their first victory. SerialTek is dedicated to raising customer expectations with each successive year of innovation. Additional information about SerialTek's product offerings can be found here: www.serialtek.com.

About Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 18,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenues of $5.8 billion in fiscal 2008. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com.